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Dolly Parton’s nephew Bryan Seaver announced the legendary singer’s death on August 25, 2026, in a prerecorded video. Seaver, the son of one of Parton’s 11 siblings, had been her head of security for many years.
Although we love to assume that leadership must change from one year to the next—prompting us to reimagine or reinvent it on a regular basis—the reality is far more mundane.
As artificial intelligence makes it easier to get the answers you want to any question, retaining knowledge is becoming a rare skill. The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve (introduced by psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus in 1885) proves that we lose most of what we learn over time if we don’t reinforce it…
If you’ve been told you lack “executive presence” when you’re delivering a presentation, you know that something about how you’re coming across needs to change. What’s less clear is what, specifically, to work on.
There’s a new word for those who are apprehensive or outright uninterested in career advancement. Included in a new book of 100 Future Words, “ladderdodging” is defined as “declining or choosing not to seek out a promotion or high-level role in order to avoid the added pressure, risk, and…
Trillions of dollars flow from governments and organizations across the globe every single year, and the money can be nearly impossible to accurately track. A new data platform, however, is trying to make it easier.
Since its founding in 2021, Colossal Laboratories & Biosciences has sought to bring back extinct animals, including the dodo, the iconic flightless bird once endemic to Mauritius.
Chick-fil-A is one of the most popular fast-food chains in America. It’s also one of the most divisive. And a new interview with the company’s leader is reigniting the long-running controversy.Andrew Cathy, CEO of the chain, recently sat down with the Today show’s Craig Melvin for his first-ever…
Forget stumbling across your perfect match on a dating app by chance. Thanks to a new Bumble feature, you can look them up directly—as long as you know their username. With Bumble’s new “Handles” feature, the app is taking a page from the social media playbook.
For the average traveler, flying at 30,000 feet means tight seats and dried-out peanuts—not exactly luxury. But for passengers on Delta One, the airline’s premium class for long-haul routes, the flight is the experience, and it’s about to get a major upgrade.
For the first time in more than a quarter-century, Americans have a new option when shopping for sunscreen: a skin-protecting chemical that’s long been a go-to option in Europe and other parts of the world. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved bemotrizinol—sometimes called BEMT—in June.
With financial stress mounting for many Americans, scoring deals may be all the more important during the holiday shopping rush. Over the four-day stretch between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Americans are projected to spend more than $85 billion, up nearly 9% from 2025, according to a report…
AI is giving longevity research a new way forward: better tools to identify potential interventions, and better ways to investigate their effects in people. Two recent papers from our team and academic collaborators illustrate that progression.
Microsoft is pushing back on reports that the tech giant is considering major cuts to its cloud division amid increased spending on artificial intelligence.
Americans are growing richer on average—but not everyone, and not even a little bit equally. The Fed recently published the results from the latest Survey of Consumer Finances, a snapshot of American personal finances taken every three years.
Renee Wegrzyn spent her career building the future of American science—including the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, the White House agency created to accelerate health breakthroughs. Then the Trump administration showed her the door.
While kiosks have become fixtures in many restaurants, most people still prefer ordering from a human being, industry data shows. But that soon may change, if all goes according to plan for Square.
The year is 1600. The sun has just set and you’re tucked up on your canvas sack on the floor. But shut-eye in medieval times had a twist: instead of the eight-hours-a-night routine we’re familiar with, going to bed in the olden days meant getting up around midnight for a chunk of time known as “the…
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